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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 46
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Idols are not to be compared with the Lord—He alone is God and shall save Israel.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/1a" mark="a" type="E" title="Bel and Nebo are idol-gods; Jer. 50: 2."><span class='smallcaps'>Bel</span></a> boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages <i>were</i> heavy loaden; <i>they are</i> a <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/46/1b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE Instead of their helping man, man has to carry them.">burden</a> to the weary <i>beast.</i>
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/2a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE the idols.">They</a> stoop, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
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&#182; Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 45: 20.">remnant</a> of the house of Israel, which are borne <i>by me</i> from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
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And <i>even </i>to <i>your</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Old Age.">old</a> age I <i>am</i> he; and <i>even</i> to <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/46/4b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR grey hairs.">hoar</a> hairs will I carry <i>you:</i> I have made, and I will bear; even I will <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/46/4c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 63: 9.">carry</a>, and will <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/46/4d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Deliverance.">deliver</a> <i>you.</i>
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&#182; To whom will ye <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 40: 18 (18-26).">liken</a> me, and make <i>me</i> equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
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They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, <i>and</i> hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Worship.">worship</a>.
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They <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 10: 5 (3-6).">bear</a> him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, <i>one</i> shall <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/46/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 115: 5 (4-8); Isa. 45: 20.">cry</a> unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
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Remember this, and shew yourselves <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 4: 9; 1 Cor. 16: 13.">men</a>: bring <i>it</i> again to mind, O ye transgressors.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 32: 7.">Remember</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/46/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Foreknowledge of.">former</a> things of old: for <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/46/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 44: 8; Isa. 45: 5 (5-22); 2 Ne. 6: 7; 3 Ne. 24: 6; Moses 1: 6.">I</a> <i>am</i> God, and <i>there is</i> none else; <i>I</i> <i>am</i> God, and <i>there is</i> <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/46/9d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ex. 8: 10 (8-10).">none</a> like me,
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Foreordination; TG God, Intelligence of; TG God, Omniscience of.">Declaring</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/46/10b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR latter things.">end</a> from the beginning, and from ancient times <i>the things</i> that are not <i>yet</i> done, saying, My <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/46/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 19: 21.">counsel</a> shall stand, and I will do all my <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/46/10d" mark="d" type="A" title="Isa. 44: 28.">pleasure</a>:
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Calling a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/11a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB bird of prey; fig. for Cyrus and his rapid conquest.">ravenous</a> bird from the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/46/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 41: 2 (2, 25).">east</a>, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/46/11c" mark="c" type="A" title="Num. 23: 19.">spoken</a> <i>it,</i> I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed <i>it,</i> I will also do it.
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&#182; Hearken unto me, ye <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hardheartedness.">stouthearted</a>, that <i>are</i> far from righteousness:
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I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/46/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 85: 9; Isa. 51: 5; Isa. 62: 11.">salvation</a> shall not <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/46/13b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR be tardy.">tarry</a>: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
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